June 2022



What is OTT – IPTV – Streaming TV CTV SVOD HLS ?

In recent years, there has been a massive shift in how television is watched. Cable and satellite viewers are switching in droves to ditch traditional tv towards “Connected TT” or Streaming TV” — Naturally, the powers that be decided to come up with several acronims to confuse the issue. So lets break it down and explain every term. TV “Set” — The rectangular screen you view video on. Added devices to TV Sets. — VHS – DVD – Xbox – Playstation — Roku – Amazon Fire – Apple TV – Android TV – Typically plugged in using a wire that attaches to the device, and into an input socket on the tv. Navigated to via the INPUT on remote. Devices: OTT – is a delivery method. In the early days of digital video streaming, traditional linear TV content might be offered additionally as streamed over the internet, or ‘over the top of’ the internet. Companies began to appear offering strictly internet streamed content, such as familiar brands like Netflix, HULU, and Disney+ among others. These were lumped into OTT as a category. Streaming TV, as it’s also sometimes called, can be accessed over a TV, but you can also log in to these services using your laptop or a phone to consume this content. What is CTV? CTV – is a device, literally ‘a connected TV’ to the internet. A TV might use an internet connecting device such as an Xbox or Roku box to become ‘connected’, or it may... Read More


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Sean of the South: Homecoming

By Sean Dietrich Nineteen kids came romping up the golden staircase, taking two steps at a time, sprinting toward the mother-of-pearl gates. It’s a wonder they didn’t knock Saint Peter over onto his Blessed Assurance. The children all smelled like little-kid sweat and stinky feet. Their loud footsteps could be heard echoing from as far […]

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Fishing News

2022 Lionfish Challenge! The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces the 2022 Lionfish Challenge tournament, which ends Sept. 6. The Lionfish Challenge is a summer-long lionfish tournament open to competitors around Florida. The goal is to remove as many lionfish as possible in just three-and-a-half months. Participants will compete in either the commercial […]

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Hurricane Season and Your Insurance Program in a Hard Market

By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone With 70% confidence, NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) has just released its 2022 Hurricane Season Forecast calling for an above average season with 14 to 21 named storms. Last year’s 21 named storms was the second season in a row – third overall – in which the designated 21-name […]

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A Pastor’s Ponderings: Turning Losers into Winners

By Pastor David Holland And John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. Acts 13:13 (NIV) “Look Mom, there’s a naked boy running through the garden,” My mind imagines a girl saying as she observes John Mark running for his life. Mark 14:50-52 paints the picture, “Then all his disciples deserted him (Christ) and ran away. […]

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